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This prequel's no equal

By: Jared Rutecki

The Columbus Dispatch - June 08, 2012 09:26 AM

Prometheus, the latest effort from Ridley Scott, resets the director's popular
Alien series, going back to the story's origin.

This story takes place B.C., which in modified movie terminology means it takes place
Before
Cee-Gourney Weaver (more commonly spelled Sigourney Weaver, the actress who played
Ellen Ripley in the previous four
Alien films).

Starring Noomi Rapace and Michael Fassbender,
Prometheus involves a team of scientists exploring the source of life on Earth on another
planet. During their investigation, the team unwittingly stumbles upon the killing menace
that terrorized the good guys in previous films.

Despite the stellar special effects and a story that ties into past plotlines,
Prometheus falls short of its more successful predecessors.

"
Prometheus is to
Alien, however, what
2010 is to
2001: A Space Odyssey — the difference between a merely watchable revision and a
masterpiece,"
critic Roger Moore
said.